Dr. Martin Tanco is head of the Center of Innovation in Industrial Management (CINOI) at Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Navarra and holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de Montevideo. He has been actively conducting and publishing research in design of experiments, lean manufacturing, and freight transportation. He is researcher Level I at ANII. Recently, he has led several public and private funded projects, with the collaboration of several institutions.